Kianga (moved)Apr 16, 2023

Tyria Pride is happening again this June! It's a yearly event that celebrates the LGBTQ+ community in Guild Wars 2:

https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/topic/129869-tyria-pride-2023/

Some pictures and the dance from last year:

https://meow.social/@kianga/108500341463647461
https://meow.social/@kianga/108505985946290543
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx3ZH1QoV4M

Also furry-friendly!  
https://twitter.com/kianga/status/1538622283643772928

This will be my sixth year attending, and it's always a relaxed atmosphere and a lot of fun!

#GuildWars2 #TyriaPride #PrideMonth

Tyria Pride 2023!

There's a rustling in the leaves, and a messenger reaches you from the Mists, announcing that- Tyria Pride 2023 will be happening on June 24 & 25, on both NA and EU servers! ■■■■■■ ■■■■■■ ■ What is Tyria Pride? Tyria Pride is an annual event that celebrates the LGBTQ+ community and our allies...

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Show threadKianga (moved)Jun 23, 2023

Ark is ready for Tyria Pride!

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Had a great time at #TyriaPride today. I focused less on taking screenshots this time, just enjoyed the cozy atmosphere and listened to the voice chat. Maybe I'll try taking a few more pictures tomorrow!

We even had two ArenaNet employees marching with us pretty much the entire way, and almost no trolls. Those two things may be related though. 

Jun 24, 2023 at 9:26pmWeb
Show threadKianga (moved)Jun 25, 2023

Instead of the usual screenshots, here's a little recording from one of the breaks during the second day of Tyria Pride. It shows the wonderful chaos that I love so much about the event: people in beautiful outfits hanging out and having fun, while discussing linguistics in voice chat.  

I had to compress this quite a bit to fit within the upload limit, higher quality version here:

https://share.kianga.eu/s/dbb7SQA9CzddAra

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Tyria Pride Break HQ.mp4

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Show threadRebixxJun 25, 2023
@kianga I feel like the overfull map instances deprive us both of positive and negative interactions.
Show threadKianga (moved)Jun 25, 2023
@ralesk Yeah, me too. I always enjoy the (positive) interactions with people who are just going about their MMO days and suddenly see us and are like, what's this? I saw a few sweet comments yesterday. I wish we'd have those more often, but it's difficult to organize (and as Lelling said yesterday, people WANT to stay in a big group because it's fun and feels safe).
Show threadRebixxJun 25, 2023
@kianga I guess like a ~40 people group is big enough too and doesn't fill the map but that'd be really hard to organise with the crappy in-game tools